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Spring Anime 2013 l OT One l All roads lead to this

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zeroshiki

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cosmicblizzard said:
I haven't seen it, but I actually heard watching the Kenshin TV series gives a few scenes in Trust and Betrayal more impact. Can't deny or confirm that obviously. Read a review that was pretty adamant about not watching the OVAs first.
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I've seen both series and OVA multiple times. It doesn't make a difference other than fanservice. If you know who the Shinsengumi are (like, from history and not the RK series) then it would have even less meaning.
 
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Seraphis Cain

bad gameplay lol
peaceiscloser said:
Koi Kaze 01

Aha, another uncaring-about-life romance protagonist. But hey, this guy's actually not some slender dude, he's a bit on the larger side. He kinda looks like my cousin, actually.

Oh, how convenient, she drops a card and now he has to chase after her. And conveniently a moment for: "You hear that? That's the winds of change."

Koshiro's got a real deep voice. So hopefully this means he's not some kind of simp like practically ever other romance protag. ...Actually no maybe this sets him up to be an even bigger simp.

Holy hell why do I get a really bad feeling about the plot from the conversation with dad... uhhh. So let me get this straight, is this brunette Koshiro's ex-girlfriend or something? Maybe they said it, I wasn't really paying attention.

Dude you're like so old. Why are you trying to get with jailbait right off the bat? ...and his co-worker doesn't seem to have all that much of a problem with it...? Uhhhhhhhh

A dark, sinking feeling comes over the viewer, peaceiscloser.

So we're in the first episode, and we're already having a pseudo-date at the park. I mean, the guy's got a problem, but this girl clearly has no common sense either to go with a total stranger... onto a carousel... and spill her guts. Wow.

"What the hell am I doing." - Famous Last Words of Koshiro's Normal Life
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See, I guess I just chalked that one up to "lol anime". Sure, in the real world that would be a huge problem, but this is anime, and I know that sometimes common sense goes out the window for the sake of the story (as good or bad a decision as that might be).

Another thing I noticed is that he went off with her to the amusement park right in front of his female co-worker (although you only see him giving her the tickets in front of the co-worker, you can pretty much assume they left together at that point as well). Isn't that risking getting a bad rep at the office? "So hey, I totally saw Koshiro going off to the park with a high school girl!" Or is everyone at Koshiro's workplace just used to this sort of thing because of that creepy looking guy that works there? I dunno, maybe they'll address it. Or maybe it'll just be "lol anime" again.

Dresden said:
LOL

The contrast between the two posts got me good.
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Heh. Maybe I'd have been a bit more critical towards it if I weren't so desperate for a good anime right now. :lol
 
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Dresden said:
LOL

The contrast between the two posts got me good.
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I just can't handle more siscon. Some form of it crops up in like every single romantic anime these days. Ughhhhh

Seraphis Cain said:
See, I guess I just chalked that one up to "lol anime". Sure, in the real world that would be a huge problem, but this is anime, and I know that sometimes common sense goes out the window for the sake of the story (as good or bad a decision as that might be).

Another thing I noticed is that he went off with her to the amusement park right in front of his female co-worker (although you only see him giving her the tickets in front of the co-worker, you can pretty much assume they left together at that point as well). Isn't that risking getting a bad rep at the office? "So hey, I totally saw Koshiro going off to the park with a high school girl!" Or is everyone at Koshiro's workplace just used to this sort of thing because of that creepy looking guy that works there? I dunno, maybe they'll address it. Or maybe it'll just be "lol anime" again.
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I just wanted a straight orthodox romance story. Was it too much to ask ;_;
 
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CorvoSol

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Sword Art Online 15

WHY WOULD YOU KEEP THE NERVE GEAR. WHY. WHY WOULD YOUR MOM NOT IMMEDIATELY THROW IT AWAY AGAINST YOUR PROTESTING.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I CALLED IT THEY
HAVE TO GO BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK.
HAHAHAHA. Oh my God, I should have written this show. NOW THEY'RE ELVES BECAUSE.

Hey, whycome Kirito looks absolutely no older in the real world? Puberty doesn't happen? Kirito is now a master of the sword in real life because he learned in the matrix! Does Kirito's sister legit not know what he spent the last two years doing? Also, why isn't Kirito desperately trying to find his wife? Oh yeah because Asuna was the sole contributor to the relationship.

Wow, it's pretty convenient that Asuna was like, within biking distance of Kirito the entire time. Okay, its not that I don't believe that Kaiba is behind all of this again, it's that I don't know why when LAST TIME HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHY THE FUCK HE WAS DOING IT. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH.


HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW AHAHAHAHAHAHA.

AHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD. OAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAB SHE'S ALREADY HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SO THEN BUT THEN THE DRAMA AND THE REEL LIFE AND THE CONTRIVANCE NECESSARY FOR THESE THINGS TO BE THE CASE WHEN HAHAHAHAH WHY DID YOU NOT EVER AND HOW DID THIS NEVER I MEAN YOU GUYS WERE


LOLOLOLOL.
 
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zeroshiki

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Anime, in so much as it is wish fulfillment for the viewer, totally assumes that its normal for a high school girl to follow a generic loser male around.
 
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CorvoSol said:
Sword Art Online 15

WHY WOULD YOU KEEP THE NERVE GEAR. WHY. WHY WOULD YOUR MOM NOT IMMEDIATELY THROW IT AWAY AGAINST YOUR PROTESTING.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS I CALLED IT THEY
HAVE TO GO BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK.
HAHAHAHA. Oh my God, I should have written this show. NOW THEY'RE ELVES BECAUSE.

Hey, whycome Kirito looks absolutely no older in the real world? Puberty doesn't happen? Kirito is now a master of the sword in real life because he learned in the matrix! Does Kirito's sister legit not know what he spent the last two years doing? Also, why isn't Kirito desperately trying to find his wife? Oh yeah because Asuna was the sole contributor to the relationship.

Wow, it's pretty convenient that Asuna was like, within biking distance of Kirito the entire time. Okay, its not that I don't believe that Kaiba is behind all of this again, it's that I don't know why when LAST TIME HE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHY THE FUCK HE WAS DOING IT. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH.


HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW AHAHAHAHAHAHA.

AHHHHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA OH MY GOD. OAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAB SHE'S ALREADY HAHAHAHAHAHAHA SO THEN BUT THEN THE DRAMA AND THE REEL LIFE AND THE CONTRIVANCE NECESSARY FOR THESE THINGS TO BE THE CASE WHEN HAHAHAHAH WHY DID YOU NOT EVER AND HOW DID THIS NEVER I MEAN YOU GUYS WERE


LOLOLOLOL.
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Welcome to Outer Darkness, Brother Corvo. The descent into madness only gets worse from here on out.
 
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peaceiscloser said:
I just can't handle more siscon. Some form of it crops up in like every single romantic anime these days. Ughhhhh



I just wanted a straight orthodox romance story. Was it too much to ask ;_;
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Not liking sibling romance.
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Dresden

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Seraphis Cain said:
Heh. Maybe I'd have been a bit more critical towards it if I weren't so desperate for a good anime right now. :lol
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Hey, it's legit good.
peaceiscloser said:
I just can't handle more siscon. Some form of it crops up in like every single romantic anime these days. Ughhhhh

I just wanted a straight orthodox romance story. Was it too much to ask ;_;
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Like Ano Natsu? That has to be the most straightforward orthodox romance anime in recent years. It's so straightforward that it's not even a love triangle, it's a love conga line.

I just kinda assume people watched it, but maybe Maison Ikkoku?
 
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CorvoSol

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AHAHAHAHA WHO DOES THAT. AND THE ADOPTIONN AND THE LICKING AND THAHAHAHAHAHA

It's a literal case of "Dude,
She's in a coma!
"
 
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wonzo

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Kuromajo 33

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A tree in a public park finally fights back against all the arseholes using it as a garbage dump by possessing a young girl. Chris would be so proud if he could see this.

chrisarjuna.jpg
 
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zeroshiki

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Shounen love stories are pretty lame. Not that they don't bring a whole new set of issues with them but you should really, as a rule, turn to shoujo for the love stories.
 
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Seraphis Cain

bad gameplay lol
peaceiscloser said:
I just can't handle more siscon. Some form of it crops up in like every single romantic anime these days. Ughhhhh
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Speaking of this (kinda...okay not really)...it's kinda strange how, in Oreimo, characters can so easily say stuff like "So you're on a date with your little sister, Kyousuke?". It's like everyone just expects it to be happening and don't find it strange at all. Like in episode 7, Manami's reaction to
Kyousuke being at a love hotel with Kirino isn't anything like you'd expect a rational person's reaction to such a thing to be
.

I don't know...just kinda gets me, I guess. Along with hearing about how, later in the series,
the parents are basically cool with it or something
.
 
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wonzo

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zeroshiki said:
Shounen love stories are pretty lame. Not that they don't bring a whole new set of issues with them but you should really, as a rule, turn to shoujo for the love stories.
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Koganeiro is really the only good shounen love story I can think of. It managed to accomplish in 3 chapters what most love stories take 50+ to achieve, if at all.

based yoko :bow :bow
 
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You can come up with some stock trope for every manga classification, with their own set of problems. Basically it just comes down to 'good things are good,' which is . . . you know. Obvious.
 
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Sword Art Online 15, Rest of the Episode Insanity

HA HA HAHA

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHITTING ME.

WHY. WHY?!?!? Can anyone, ANYONE explain why this show needed the following, in order fucking stupid: A BROTHER SISTER ROMANCE. FUCK YOU, UNLESS THIS IS AN ANCIENT MYTH, I AIN'T SWINGING THIS SHIT. WHY IN THE FUCK. I MEAN THE "OH WE'RE COUSINS THAT MAKES IT OKAY!!" FUUUUUUUUCK YOU. FUCK YOUR FAMILY. DON'T FUCK YOUR NOT BROTHER. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

WHY WHY WHY.

Next up on the list: WHY IN THE FUCK DOES ASUNA SUDDENLY GET RELEGATED TO THE ROLE OF DAMSEL IN DISTRESS? Goddamn, its like sudden character assassination. It isn't that I can't do the damsel in distress thing, I'm fine with it, I am, but really? It's like stuffing Samus in a dress at the top of the tower and making goddamn Starfy rescue her.

Now, I liked seeing Kirito powerless before the injustice of the real world, that was fine, but at the cost of murdering the one good character in his relationship? Fuck that. WHERE IS KLEIN?

WHY A TIME SKIP. FUCK YOU. FUCK TIME SKIPS. FUCK. TIME SKIPS. THEY'RE BAD. STOP.

WHY DID YOU HAVBE A FUCKING VILLAIN WHO HAD LITERALLY NO FUCKING PLAN AT ALL. EVEN AT ITS MOST RANDOM FINAL BOSSES, FINAL FANTASY NEVER STOOPED SO FUCKING LOW. FUCK. HOW CAN I TAKE CREDIBLE A VILLAIN WITH NO MOTIVE AT ALL? IT ISN'T EVEN IN THE NAME OF EVIL OR "BECAUSE HE'S AN EVIL ABOMINATION" HE'S JUST A GUY DOING SHIT. FUCK THIS.

What happened to this show?
 
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Well, time to finally re-watch Whisper of the Heart.

Because I have more free time than ever there are a couple of long shows I'd like to get through in the next two months (Votoms; Jewelpet Kira Deco; Clannad After Story; Windy Tales) along with a few movies I want to revisit (GitS; GitS: Innocence; Whisper of the Heart; Mind Game).

And finally catch up on Gintama.
 
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wonzo said:
Execution trumps all else and people who limit themselves to certain genres/themes are bums.
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Eh, at some point the subject matter becomes too icky to approach that no matter how well done it is, people will be turned off. I certainly don't blame people for going with their gut here.
 
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  • Ano Natsu de Matteru 01
Our protag, Protag-San is pondering the nature of reality and the afterlife.

THEN HE GETS HIT BY A BLAST OF LIGHT AND DIES THE END​

No wait, he's in the hospital or a bed at home. Deus Ex Machina? To be determined in future scenes. But it's clear now there's a "secret to the world" or some shit going on, so I can expect some shenanigans around that, right?

Mom's leaving, that sets up a perfect setting for romantic situations! -- and Dad's dead, what is this a Spielberg movie?

Our protagonist catches a glance of predetermined winner of the show on a fast moving train going at high speeds. Over what appears to be 200 feet away.​
 lol anime

Our gargeous red head draws the attention of all the cast members. One girl obviously is singling herself out as the future opponent to predestined winner-chan, now known as Ichika.

Oh fuck yes, a yandere friend. I have a good feeling about her. I think. I hope. What a rebel, too. I think? I hope? I don't know.

Ichika's 5' 3"? SHIT YEAH SHE'S MY HEIGHT, VICTORY!!​

Oh wow the breast physics in this show are clearly visible. Aww, Ichika's blushing already with our protag. And she already wants to get involved closely with protag-san. Sweet, everything's in place. I really don't want this series to beat around the bush the rest of the time, though. I don't know if I can handle that for a while.

Something clearly wrong has happened in the opening scene, and Ichika's involved with it. I wonder if that means if she has the hots for him already, or something else.

"Oh, Kaito-kun." - Not-Asuna being in the right place at the right time.​

I love the little fantasies protag-san has. -- oh shit it's really going on OMG. And then he's just going to send her away because hawkwardness with his sister. ...wait, leaving her outside averted? Aww yiss. Aaaaand the obligatory shower scene. Thank you for this.

And now we're going to deal a little bit with the nature of the series. Oh gosh yes she's some kind of future person. --

OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH OH MY GOSH IT HAPPENED IT FUCKING HAPPENED​

This is exactly the show I needed right now. This is the show I wanted. I have found paradise in an anime.
 
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Gintoki313

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FelixOrion said:
Doing a little bit of show sampling to find something to watch.

Myself; Yourself 1

No english dub. Artwork is kinda poor. Really shooting for that occasional ecchi shit, lazy animation at times (there was one shot of the main character, Sana, just walking around a corner of a building and they felt it was good to just basically draw four frames of him at different positions and just do fade transitions on him to "simulate" motion. Why.), bland soundtrack, annoying seiyu. Also, you setup the premise of Sana returning to live in his hometown after 5 years absent with a flash back of a party with all his old friends and you basically spend the whole first episode only re-introducing him to basically one of them? That's not a very good start.

Bleh. Next.

Toradora! 1

No english dub, also, but a lot better in the music and artwork department. They really like that "hey, I know this is an animation so it's not really a fisheye lens but hey look a fisheye lens!" effect, huh? I like this gag of him looking mean/evil (is this an occasional gag/thing in anime/manga? I remember it being used to the same effect when I read Karin a while back). Much better start. Show might a bit too weird and wacky for my tastes, but I'm not hating it so far.
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Ever since Toradora aired I think they popularized the whole eyes make the character unapproachable gag. Not sure if Toradora was the first to do this but it definitely popularized it.

Myself;Yourself I watched the whole thing recently. It has a pretty deep story once you get to the end where it comes to its climax. I wouldn't recommend it though since it has a whole lot of stupid stuff that happens in between the main conflict in the story. For example the two twins
leave the town so they can be together, not sure if by lovers but I know they left town together.
 
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Jubern said:
I'm dying.

Good luck friend, it gets worse. And worse. And worse.
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It's so bad that I think I hurt my throat typing all that.

Slayers Try 8

So at last, we come to the root of why Valgaav and Xellos do not view the Dragon race as highly as our human heroes do: because, as it happens,
dragonkind has been known to engage in the occasional genocide! Yay!
, meanwhile, it turns out that the main villain is like, from Outer Space? I don't know, Lina beats up Gourry before he can ask for us what the Over World is, so I got no idea. Whatever the case, Almayce isn't from around here. Also I guess the Sword of Light was made by a Dark Lord? Uh, why does it seem sometimes that the EVIL forces in the Slayers universe are hilariously more powerful than the good?

Also, last episode it was revealed that Lina's sister is a Knight of Cepheid. You know, the King of the Gods and Dragons. And that she wields His power. So Lina's sister, who is apparently stronger than Lina, in spite of wielding a lesser power (Golden Lord > King of the Gods), is a Holy Knight who has recently cross-classed to part-time waitress. This is how Slayers rolls: part time waitress is a legit job class.

Also the opening always points to this girl behind Lina and says "Sorry, OP only". Who is this?
 
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zeroshiki

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CorvoSol said:
Am I far enough in the series to actually read it yet, though?
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Yeah, it doesn't really spoil anything. Its just a really long stream of expletives aimed at the writer :lol

Although, you might enjoy it more after seeing the particular episode that brought the rant on.
 
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firehawk12

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zeroshiki said:
Somehow this is your fault and I blame your weird tastes spilling onto the board!!!
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If it was my fault, everyone would be watching Aria or Gintama. :p

zeroshiki said:
There's a reason why firehawk12 had that legendary rant on SAO.
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Kincaido said:
Worse than child porn
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I hate you guys. :( :p

zeroshiki said:
Yeah, it doesn't really spoil anything. Its just a really long stream of expletives aimed at the writer :lol

Although, you might enjoy it more after seeing the particular episode that brought the rant on.
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I gave up after a while until the penultimate episode with the stupid
pseudo-rape
scene.
 
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